I was in those discussions, it was my job to be. I can attest no one in W3C management pushed for DRM. It's just not true.
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Who’s fatalistic now? :) Browser qualities are within breathing distance of one another, it’s not like it’s a serious sacrifice.
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Stop putting onus on activists to make up for W3C's failure. If we have to do this (cf. http://WHATWG.org in 2004) why do we need W3C?
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There is no Web police. It’s not that the onus is on activists — it’s on everyone who cares.
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Then why does the Director have authority to resolve conflicts? You can't have it both ways. TBL rejected EFF's proposal. He's on the hook.
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Ok, and what happens next? Say, in the wake of that decision Apple leaves. EME goes to a separate consortium, without IPR. Is it a win?
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Who would leave over the EFF-proposed covenant? I'd like to know but secret vote is secret, doesn't tell who would actually leave over it.
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But yes, in extremis, it's far better for W3C to uphold the Open Web principles that it is founded upon, than to violate those principles.
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So win morally but die as an organisation? Maybe. Again, I’m not sure there is a win in there.
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